Curtain-light



R. E. TUPPER.

CURTAQN LIGHT.

APPLIGATNIN FILED NOV- !9. I918.

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RUSSELL E. TUPPER, OF OOOHITUATE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CURTAIN-LIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

Application filed November 19, 1918. Serial No. 863,805.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RUSSELL E. Torrn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cochituate, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented-certainnsw and useful Improvements in Curtain-Lights, of which the following is a clear and exact specification.

The object of this invention is the construction of im roved means for renewing injured and bro en lights in automoblle curtams and the like, whereby the repairing can be done by the owner or chaufi'eur of the car without sending the curtain away to an ex ert.

0 this end, I provide a thin metallic strip which can beclamped about the edges of a new light and attached to the curtain by projecting spurs and cement.

In the drawings forming part of thls specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a curtain showing alight attached thereto by my improved means. Fig. 2 is an elevation of parts of the same viewed from within the car. Fig. dis a face view of a section of the metal strip before it has been doubled on itself laterally. 4 is a view of the same after bein double, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of t e same. section on the line 6--6 in Fi 2. Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line 7-7 m Fig. 5.

Referring to Fig. 2, the reference numeral 1 designates a portion of a curtain having an opening into which a new light 2 of celluloid or-the like has been fitted; 3 is a art of the attaching strip, and 4 is the bin ing which. is ordinarily stitched to the curtain and original light about the illuminating opening.

The metal strip 3 has numerous V-shaped notches 5 in its ed s, as shown more fully inFig. 3, to enable it to be conveniently bent to fit a curvedoutline as shown in Fig. 1. In one ed pairs of slits 6 are out about to the bend and the tongues 9 thus formed are shar ned to render their enetration in the fabrlc composing the bin in 4 quite easy. When this metal strip is fina ly readgto be used, its fingers or spurs 9 are stan ing at right angles to its plane, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7 Further, numerous indentations l0 have been impressed therein as shown m Fig. 3, in Fig.

to form slight projections 11 as shown 7. These projections 11 are fo the 65 purpose of engaging the edges of the light 2 Fig. 6 1s a when clamped between the two members of the strip 3 and thereby to insure against its withdrawal.

In employing this means for attaching new li hts to a curtain, the row of stitches near t e ed e of the binding 4, by which the damage light was retained in place, is carefully cut to separate this edge of the bindin from the li ht and the curtain. Then t e old sheet 0 transparent material composing the light is removed, and the new sheet or light 2, cut to roper dimensions and having the strip of s set metal 3 clamped about its ed s, is introduced between the binding 4 and the curtain 1, at the same time pressing the pointed fingers or spurs 9 through the bindin and bending these s urs flat down against the surface of the bin ing, as shown in Figs. 2 and All that now remains to be done is to cement the inner edges of the binding and cur-- tain to the contacting surfaces of the light, as indicated in Fig. 6, and the operation is completed.

When a light thus inserted becomes itself injured, it is a similarly easy task to run a knife ed between the cemented surfaces, to unbend t e spurs 9, remove the light and its clamping strlp, pry the jaws of the latter slightly'apartto release the damaged light, and to introduce and cement a fresh light in the manner already described.

It is readily seen that this device provides not only a convenient and ready means for replacing old lights with new ones, but for the application in the ori 'nal manufacture of the curtains, of the lig ts.

What, I claim is:

1. The combination with a fabric having an opening through it and a sheet to be attached over the opening, of a clamping strip composed of sheet metal folded over upon itself along a longitudinal line and inclosing the edges of the said sheet, the clamping strip having pointed projections for engaging said sheet, and pointed tongues for engaging the fabric.

he combination with a fabric having an opening through it and a sheet to be attached over the opening, of a binding stri stitched to the fabric near its edge s one from the edge of the o ening, and a 0 amp: ing strip composed 0 sheet metal folded over upon itself along a longitudinal line and inclosing the edges of the said sheet,

the clamping strip havingA pointed projections for engaging said s eet and ointed tongues for engaging said binding, said strip being disposed between the binding and fabric and cemented therein.

3. The combination with a fabric having an o nin through it and a sheet to be attac ed t ereto over said opening, of a. clamping strip com osed of sheet metal folded over on itself a ong a lon 'tudinal line and inclosing the edge of sai sheet, and a binding strip stitched and cemented to the fabric about said openin with the clamping strip between, the outline of the opening being partially curved and the clamping 15 strip having numerous notches in its edge to ermit ltS being curved to correspond wit the opening.

In testimony that I claim the fore oing invention, I have hereunto set my ban this 20 14th day of November, 1918.

RUSSELL E. TUPPER. 

